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Word Study: Spelling
Week 17, 2014-15
Professional Learning Conversation
• Monograph: Using Digital Technologies to Support Word Study Instruction
Reviews on Twitter
• Send your review to @wordstudy• Include in 140 characters:
– Title of app– What it covers in spelling etc.– Approximate grade level– Your evaluation: like it? Why or why not?
Apps mentioned in monograph(not all are on your iPads)
Spelling• Spelling City• Spelling Millionaire 2• Simplex Spelling Phonics• Scribblenaut• Bluster
Vocabulary• Word Mess• Wordle• Whirly Word• Word Tree 3D• Words of Wonder• Word Mover• Apples & Pears• 7 Little Words for Kids• Mad Libs
Ontario Curriculum: Grade 5
• 3.2 Writing: Spelling Unfamiliar Words • Spell unfamiliar words using a variety of
strategies that involve understanding sound-symbol relationships, word structure, word meanings, and generalizations about spelling
e.g.
• Pronounce the silent letters in words• Divide polysyllabic words into syllables• Visualize irregular plurals• Apply rules for adding –ed, -ing, and –er, est
to base words• Use memory tricks to memorize the letter
order of irregular spellings• Prefixes and suffixes
SPELLING PATTERNS
• SOUND• STRUCTURE• MEANING
SOUND PATTERNS
• VOWELS:– Short: ask; bet; sit; dot; but– Long: fame; eat; fight; oats; cute– Diphthongs house; noise
• CONSONANTS:– Single cat– Blends clamp– Digraphs chicken
SCHWA VOWELS
• Vowels in unstressed syllables– Composition– Planet– Minimum– About
STRUCTURAL PATTERNS
• Plurals• Contractions• Possessives• Adding endings e.g –ed; -ing
– Doubling (hop/hopping)– E-drop (hope/hoping)– Y to I (happy/happiness)
MEANING PATTERNS
• BASE WORDS• COMPOUND WORDS• PREFIXES• SUFFIXES
irreplaceable
cappuccino
cappuccino
SPELLING STRATEGIES
• VISUAL• AUDITORY• TACTILE• MEANING• MEMORY TRICKS• DICTIONARY SKILLS
MEMORY TRICKS
pursue
because
Bears Eat Candy And UsuallySwallow Everything
Nelson Word Study Components
• Transparencies• Differentiated Student Activity Cards• Interactive Teacher Tools CD-ROM• Teacher’s Resource
Teacher’s Resource
Transparencies
Differentiated Student Activity Cards
Interactive Teacher Tools CD-ROM
Resources
• Spelling: Connecting the Pieces• Knowing Words (vocabulary)• Nelson Word Study (kit)
• Nelson Publishing, 1-800-668-0671
App reviews
• https://www.appolearning.com/
Unit Plan Submissions
• Left side of folder:– Top: Evaluation form with everyone’s name
• Name of writer beside each lesson plan on subtasks
– Next: 4 Meeting Logs, initialized by each group member
• Right side of folder:– Individual lesson plans in order of unit sequence
• Individual evaluation sheet on each
– Culminating Task lesson plan
Presentation Preparation
• 5 minute overview of unit: 3-5 slides – Include:
• Inquiry question• Grade level• Culminating task• Sequence of lessons• Assessment measures• Inquiry sources consulted
• 15 minute activity from unit – engage the class